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Bestiary
By K-Ming Chang
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By K-Ming Chang
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K-Ming Chang brings her poet's voice to this visceral, bold and crackling debut. Tackling the tradition of myths and oral history, Bestiary follows the perspectives of three generations of women, with their changes in perspective as the star of the show. It successfully illustrates the evolving nature of storytelling and how it can influence our character and who we become. Ultimately a novel of family, Bestiary is full of strangely beautiful prose and is a powerfully transformative read.
NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE • Three generations of Taiwanese American women are haunted by the myths of their homeland in this spellbinding, visceral debut about one family’s queer desires, violent impulses, and buried secrets.
“Gorgeous and gorgeously grotesque . . . Every line of this sensuous, magical-realist marvel is utterly alive.”—O: The Oprah Magazine
FINALIST FOR THE LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD • LONGLISTED FOR THE VCU CABELL FIRST NOVELIST AWARD • LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER ...
“Gorgeous and gorgeously grotesque . . . Every line of this sensuous, magical-realist marvel is utterly alive.”—O: The Oprah Magazine
FINALIST FOR THE LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD • LONGLISTED FOR THE VCU CABELL FIRST NOVELIST AWARD • LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER ...
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